What is Paste?
Paste is a clipboard manager that keeps everything you copy on Mac, iPhone and iPad and syncs it through your private iCloud. Unlike the system clipboard it stores an unlimited history you can search, filter by app or content type, and pin onto boards for the snippets, links and colours you reuse. It is a paid app: after a 7-day trial you need a subscription ($2.49/month or $29.99/year) or a one-time Lifetime purchase, and every plan covers Mac, iPhone and iPad. The developer is Paste Team ApS, based in Denmark. Paste suits anyone who copies constantly and wants that history to survive — it also connects the history to AI tools such as Claude and Cursor through MCP. Its minimum is macOS 14.
Verified product facts
- Type
- clipboard managerEditorially reviewed
- Platform
- macOS
- Apple Silicon
- YesDeveloper-stated
- Pricing
- SubscriptionDeveloper-stated
- Developer
- Paste Team ApSDeveloper-stated
- Relationship to Nuanyue
- Third-party product — not published by NuanyueEditorially reviewed
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Current version
- 7.0.1Developer-stated
- Official website
- pasteapp.me
Last updated . Facts marked developer-stated come from the developer and are not independently confirmed; editorially reviewed marks a Nuanyue judgement.
Key features
What Paste does at a glance.
Unlimited clipboard history
Across Mac, iPhone and iPad, synced through private iCloud
Search
Across everything copied, including text inside screenshots and photos
Pinboards
For snippets, links, colours and templates that do not expire
Paste Stack queues items
So they can be pasted in order
Rules
Skip passwords and sensitive apps, plus pause and hiding from screen sharing
MCP support
Exposes clipboard history to Claude, Cursor and other AI tools
What you can use Paste for
- Finding something you copied earlier and pasting it again
- Keeping reusable snippets, links and colours on a pinboard
- Queuing several items to paste in order with Paste Stack
- Searching text inside screenshots and photos you copied
- Exposing clipboard history to AI tools such as Claude and Cursor through MCP
Who is Paste for?
- People who copy constantly and want that history to survive
- Users who work across a Mac, iPhone and iPad and want one clipboard history on all of them
- Anyone who wants clipboard history kept on-device and in private iCloud rather than on a vendor's servers
Who is Paste not for?
- Anyone who needs a free clipboard manager — Paste has no free tier after the 7-day trial
- Users who want a Mac-only purchase — every plan covers Mac, iPhone and iPad together
- Teams that want a Team plan from the App Store — the Team plan is sold only on the developer's website
Limitations
- The Family plan is App Store-only and the Team plan is website-only, so not every plan is available on every channel
- Sync of history and pinboards depends on the user's private iCloud
- Apple Silicon support is developer-stated rather than independently verified
Strengths and trade-offs
What Paste does well, and what to weigh before choosing it. Points marked developer-stated come from the developer’s own material and have not been independently confirmed.
Strengths
- One purchase covers Mac, iPhone and iPad, with iCloud sync keeping clipboard history and pinboards in step across them.
- The developer states clipboard history is stored on your devices and in your private iCloud, never on its servers, and that rules can exclude passwords and sensitive apps.Developer-stated
- A one-time Lifetime purchase is offered alongside the subscriptions, so the app can be bought without an ongoing commitment.
Trade-offs
- There is no free tier: after the 7-day trial, continued use requires a subscription or the Lifetime purchase.
- Purchases are split across the App Store, the developer's website and Setapp, and two plans are channel-exclusive — the Family plan is App Store-only and the Team plan is website-only.
First-use experience
What the app asks of you when you set it up. Only established facts appear here; anything we could not confirm is left out rather than guessed at.
- Installation
- Install from the Mac App Store, or download from pasteapp.io for a licence key; the same purchase unlocks Mac, iPhone and iPad, which always use the App Store.
- First launch
- Starts a 7-day free trial with every feature unlocked on all signed-in devices; App Store trials renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before they end.
- System integration Developer-stated
- iCloud sync carries history and pinboards between devices, the iOS Paste Keyboard brings history into any app, and the app can be paused or hidden from screen sharing and recordings.
- Apple Silicon Developer-stated
- Supported
What it does
Paste is a clipboard manager for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Where the system clipboard holds one item, Paste keeps everything you copy — text, links, images and files — as a searchable, unlimited history. Items can be filtered by app, date, device or content type, pinned to Pinboards that never expire, queued in Paste Stack and pasted in order, or pasted as plain text. The developer is Paste Team ApS, based in Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Sync across devices
A single purchase covers Mac, iPhone and iPad. History and pinboards sync through the user’s private iCloud, and the iOS Paste Keyboard brings the whole history into any app on iPhone and iPad. Pinboards can be shared with a team, family or clients, with separate view and edit permissions.
Privacy, rules and AI tools
The developer states that clipboard data lives on your devices and in your private iCloud and never on its servers. Rules can exclude passwords and sensitive apps, capture can be paused, and Paste can be hidden from screen sharing and recordings. On the Mac, history can be exposed to Claude, Codex, Cursor and other tools through MCP — with the user choosing what to share — and the Intelligent Clipboard uses Apple Intelligence on-device to suggest what to paste next.
Pricing
Paste has no free tier; after a 7-day trial it is sold as a subscription or a one-time purchase:
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $2.49/month | Mac, iPhone and iPad |
| Annual | $29.99/year | Most popular tier |
| Lifetime | One-time | Includes all future updates |
A Family plan for up to six people is App Store-only, and a Team plan is sold only on the developer’s website. Students and educators get 30% off the first year of an annual plan, and Paste for Mac is also included in a Setapp subscription.
Apple Silicon
The developer’s help documentation states that current Paste builds run natively on Apple Silicon, and that the app still supports Intel Macs because its minimum is macOS 14. Nuanyue records this as developer-stated rather than independently verified.
Release history
Dated releases recorded for Paste, newest first, each with the source it was read from.
7.0.1
Bug fixes and reliability work, including lower keyboard memory use on iOS and more robust iCloud sync.
Source: Mac App Store
Questions about Paste
How much does Paste cost?
After a 7-day trial, the Personal plan is $2.49 per month or $29.99 per year, and a one-time Lifetime purchase is also offered. Every plan covers Mac, iPhone and iPad. Prices are in USD excluding taxes and can vary by region.
Is there a free trial?
Yes — seven days with every feature unlocked, on all your devices. A trial started on the App Store renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends; a trial started from the developer's website does not charge automatically.
Where is my clipboard data stored?
On your devices and, with sync on, in your private iCloud. The developer states it never touches their servers, and rules can be set so Paste ignores passwords and other sensitive apps.Developer-stated
Which macOS version does Paste need?
macOS 14 or newer, per the developer's help article, which also states that Paste still runs on Intel Macs and that current builds run natively on Apple Silicon.Developer-stated
Can Paste work with AI tools?
Yes. The Mac app exposes clipboard history to Claude, Codex, Cursor and other tools through MCP, and you choose what to share; features such as the Intelligent Clipboard run privately on-device using Apple Intelligence.Developer-stated
Alternatives to Paste
Apps that could replace this one — the same job, a different trade-off.
PasteBar
Limitless, Free Clipboard Manager for Mac and Windows.
Both keep a searchable clipboard history; PasteBar is free and open source, while Paste is a paid app with iOS apps and iCloud sync.
iPaste
Lightweight and efficient clipboard tool.
Both sync clipboard history through iCloud to iPhone and iPad; iPaste is free and lightweight, while Paste is a paid, more feature-heavy manager.
Competitors
Direct competitors: overlapping features aimed at the same users.
PasteBot
Powerful clipboard manager.
Both are paid clipboard managers for the Mac from independent developers; Paste adds iPhone and iPad apps with iCloud sync, while PasteBot is Mac-only.
Works well with
Not a replacement — apps commonly used alongside this one.
CleanShot X
Discover a superior way to capture your Mac's screen.
CleanShot X handles screenshots and recordings while Paste manages clipboard history, so they cover different parts of the same capture-and-share workflow.
Links
Sources
Facts on this page are checked against the sources below. Last updated .
- Paste on the Mac App StoreGrade A
- Paste — official websiteGrade B
- Paste Team ApS — developer websiteGrade B
- Paste — documentationGrade C
